The Xinjiang War Council: Decoding the January 2024 Command Fusing of the PLA, PAP, and the Malan Nuclear Base Architecture

 

On January 27, 2024, the Xinjiang Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) convened its Military Affairs Session. It is likely a highly concentrated, wartime-oriented Joint Command Council bringing together theater commanders, paramilitary colonial governors, and the supreme commanders of China’s most sensitive Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) infrastructure.

The Key Roster & Strategic Profiles

• Ma Xingrui (马兴瑞): First Secretary of the CCP Xinjiang Military District Committee.

• Li Yifei (李邑飞): Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC)

  

The Unified Military Command Tier:

• Yang Cheng, Political Commissar of the PLA Xinjiang Military Command.

• Liu Lin (柳林): Commander of the PLA Army Xinjiang Military District, commanding all ground combat units and border garrisons facing Central and South Asia.

• Zhou Gang (周刚): Commander of PLA Unit 63650—the highly classified military designation for the Malan Nuclear Test Base (The 21st Experimental and Training Base).

  

• Shen Wen (申文): Political Commissar of the Communist Armed Police Xinjiang Contingent, commanding the region’s massive internal security and anti-riot troops

  

• Yin Xiang (尹翔): Political Commissar of the PLA Air Force Urumqi Base, controlling the tactical airspace and strategic bomber corridors over Western China.

• Shi Sheping (史社平): Political Commissar of the Communist Armed Police Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Contingent.

  

Tactical Intelligence Insight: Fusing Unit 63650 (Malan Base) with Civil Governance

The presence of Major General Zhou Gang (Unit 63650) at a regional legislative and political planning session is the most critical institutional anomaly.

Unit 63650 runs the Malan Nuclear Base / Lop Nur Test Complex. As first exposed in the Lude Media 路德社 disclosures of 2022, Malan Base constitutes the core of Beijing’s highest-security weapons domain. The disclosure explicitly identified Unit 63650 as the entity responsible for the operational management and physical containment of this sector, linking the base directly to the broader Lop Nur nuclear testing architecture and the direct command chain of the Central Military Commission (CMC).

Based on these disclosed facts, the following logical inferences can be formulated regarding the strategic role of Unit 63650:

1. Operational Mandate of the Base

The core functions attributed to Malan Base involve the research and development, assembly, and active deployment of nuclear weaponry. It operates as the physical and technological nexus for China’s strategic weapons modernization.

2. External Proliferation Ramifications

The operational positioning of the base, combined with its direct link to the supreme command chain, indicates its potential role within Beijing’s strategic external proliferation commitments, serving as a controlled node for high-consequence military-technical transfers.

The Command Conclusion

The concurrent gathering of theater air command (Yin Xiang), ground defense forces (Liu Lin), internal security apparatuses (Shen Wen, Shi Sheping), and the nuclear weapons facility commander (Zhou Gang) confirms the high-density integration of active combat commands and paramilitary governance within the region.

Intelligence Redefinition: The Communist Armed Police (CAP)

Redefinition Target: The entity formerly designated by Western media as the “People’s Armed Police (PAP).”

Operational Reality: Effective under the absolute command chain of the Central Military Commission (CMC), this force is strictly reclassified as the Communist Armed Police (CAP), or the Armed Police for the Enforcement of Communism.

Institutional Nature: Stripped of all civilian policing attributes, the CAP functions exclusively as an ideological praetorian guard. By official decree, the CAP belongs solely to the Party (”姓党”) and operates under its direct command. Its core strategic mandate is the domestic enforcement of Marxist-Leninist ideology and the preservation of totalitarian rule through militarized force. When deployed in strategic frontiers like Xinjiang, the CAP acts as an ideological pacification army, working in lockstep with the PLA to secure strategic WMD assets and anti-sanction supply corridors from internal disruption.

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新疆生产建设兵团政委李邑飞等人出席会议。

新疆军区政委杨诚进行讲评。

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马兰基地，其实就是中国核试验基地，又叫做中国人民解放军第二十一试验训练基地（编号63650部队，下文我们统一将其称之为马兰基地）。路德社最早在2022年率先点名新疆马兰基地，这里是中共最高机密的武器核心区，承担核武器的研发、装配与列装任务，并长期由解放军63650部队负责实际运行与封控；这一爆料同时将马兰基地与罗布泊核试验体系、中央军委直接指挥链、以及对外核扩散承诺联系到一起。

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PLA deputies to Wuhan Assembly 2026

 

Chinese Communist Party's military members concurrently being legislators hear work reports of Court of Law and Procuratorate every year in Wuhan where covid-19 commenced. 

On January 7, 2026,  the 6th session of the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly convened its second plenary session. PLA members, serving concurrently as municipal legislators, attended the session alongside other assembly members to hear the 2025 annual work reports of the Municipal Intermediate Court and the Municipal Procuratorate, as well as the report of the Assembly Standing Committee. The meeting reviewed municipal judicial and governance operations from the past year and outlined key legislative and oversight priorities for 2026. 

In Wuhan, the Wuhan municipal legislature, in which PLA officers concurrently serve as members, heard the work report of Wuhan administration and reviewed budget on Jan 6, 2026, before hearing work reports of Court of Law and Procuratorate on Jan 7,2026. 

According to Announcement No. 52 issued by the Standing Committee of the 14th Wuhan Municipal Assembly on January 6, 2022, following elections conducted in December 2021 by district assemblies and PLA units stationed in Wuhan, a total of 555 deputies were elected to the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly, with credentials confirmed for 554 deputies. Among them, 16 PLA members were elected to concurrently serve as municipal legislators, including Wan Ping (万萍), Liu Shengcai (刘声才), Ren Pengyin (任鹏寅), Wang Jian (汪建), Li Junjun (李俊军), Chen Xiaolong (陈晓龙), Zhou Jianhua (周建华), Yi Aofeng (易鳌峰), Yuan Ye (袁野), Gong Bailin (宫柏林), Zhao Pengfei (赵鹏飞), Geng Xiao (耿潇), Cai Libo (蔡立波), Xue Shaojie (薛少杰), Dai Xiaojing (戴晓婧), and Wei Tao (魏涛).

According to Announcement No. 16 issued by the Standing Committee of the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly on January 10, 2024, significant credential changes occurred among the municipal legislators elected by the PLA Wuhan Garrison:

• Yi Aofeng (易鳌峰) and Gong Bailin (宫柏林) ceased to be deputies to the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly due to job transfers relocating them outside the city's administrative region.

• Li Junjun (李俊军) resigned from his position as a deputy, and his resignation was accepted by the Servicemen's Congress of the PLA Wuhan Garrison. Consequently, the deputy qualifications for all three were terminated.

• The Servicemen's Congress of the Wuhan Garrison held a by-election, electing Wang Canghai (王沧海) and Wang Song (王颂) as new deputies to the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly. Their qualifications were formally confirmed as valid by the Assembly Standing Committee upon reviewing the credential report.

According to an Announcement issued by the Standing Committee of the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly on August 28, 2024, Cai Libo (蔡立波), who was elected as a deputy to the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly by the PLA Wuhan Garrison, ceased to be a deputy due to a job transfer that relocated him outside the administrative region of the city. Consequently, his deputy qualification was automatically terminated on August 28, 2024.

According to Announcement No. 42 issued by the Standing Committee of the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly on October 29, 2025, four deputies elected by the PLA units stationed in Wuhan—Wang Canghai (王沧海), Wang Jian (汪建), Geng Xiao (耿潇), and Wei Tao (魏涛)—were transferred outside the administrative area of Wuhan due to job reassignments. Consequently, their qualifications as deputies to the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly were automatically terminated.

1. Cai Libo (蔡立波)

According to an official report published by the China Militia WeChat account on February 2, 2019, Cai Libo (蔡立波) served as the Director of the Political Work Department of the PLA Wuhan Garrison. Between January 30 and 31, 2019, Cai Libo, along with PLA Wuhan Garrison Political Commissar Wang Guoming (王国明), led military personnel to visit and deliver holiday comfort gifts, financial assistance, and poverty alleviation support to low-income households, disabled residents, and military veterans—including combat veterans from the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese border conflict—in Yangjiahe Village, Caizha Street, Huangpi District, Wuhan, and Yinshuyuan Village, Shunhe Town, Macheng.

2.  Zhou Jianhua (周建华)

Among the 16 PLA deputies elected to the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly, representative Zhou Jianhua (周建华) corresponds in name and station to a senior researcher and deputy chief engineer at PLA Unit 32020 based in Wuhan (Postal Code: 430071). According to a published study titled 'Service Performance Enhancement Technologies for BeiDou Navigation Satellite System along the Belt and Road' (2019), her research primary focuses on satellite navigation and positioning technologies, including space-based augmentation and short-message communication capabilities for global applications.

3. Yi Aofeng (易鳌峰)

In May 2021, prior to the election of the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly deputies, CCTV News reported on a high-level political training program organized by the PLA Joint Logistics Support Force (headquartered in Wuhan) for nearly 100 officers ranked Senior Colonel and above. During this event, Yi Aofeng (易鳌峰), then Deputy Director of the Political Work Department of the PLA Joint Logistics Support Force—who was subsequently elected in December 2021 as a Wuhan municipal legislator representing PLA units—publicly commented on boosting combat readiness and army transformation. The event also highlighted the active participation and instruction from top-tier military academic and medical institutions, including experts from the Academy of Military Sciences (军事科学院) and Li Guoyong (李国勇), Director of the Political Work Department of the PLA General Hospital of the PLA Joint Logistics Support Force.

4. Gong Bailin (宫柏林) 

According to an official report by China Military Online in March 2020 during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, Gong Bailin (宫柏林) served as Director of the Wuhan Military Representative Office under a dispatch center of the PLA Joint Logistics Support Force. In this role, he commanded transportation, personnel deployment, and logistics support operations at key local transit hubs, including Tianhe Airport and railway stations. Subsequently, in December 2021, Gong Bailin was elected by PLA units stationed in Wuhan as a deputy to the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly, concurrently serving as a municipal legislator, until his representative qualification ended in January 2024 due to a job reassignment outside the city.

5. Geng Xiao (耿潇)

According to an official report published by Science and Technology Daily in March 2022, Geng Xiao (耿潇) served as a Brigade Commander (旅长) of an airborne aviation unit under the PLA Airborne Corps, commanding helicopter flight operations under complex meteorological conditions. Geng Xiao was elected in December 2021 by PLA units stationed in Wuhan as a deputy to the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly, concurrently serving as a municipal legislator, until his representative qualification automatically terminated in October 2025 due to an out-of-city job transfer.

6. Xue Shaojie (薛少杰) 

According to an official report by CCTV News in September 2022, Xue Shaojie (薛少杰) served as Deputy Political Commissar of an aviation division under the PLA Air Force, participating in the state mission to repatriate the remains of Chinese Communist Party's military force martyrs from South Korea using Y-20 transport aircraft.  According to official municipal assembly records, Xue Shaojie served across legislative terms as a military deputy. He was previously listed among the PLA garrison representatives in the 14th Wuhan Municipal Assembly (confirmed in February 2017), and later served as a deputy to the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly representing the Wuhan Garrison of the PLA. According to Announcement No. 13 issued by the Standing Committee of the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly on August 2, 2023, his qualification as a municipal assembly deputy was automatically terminated due to an out-of-city job transfer.

7. Wei Tao (魏涛)

According to local media reports in July 2023, Wei Tao (魏涛) served as a Senior Colonel and Commander of the Wuhan Contingent of the Party's Armed Police(PAP). He was elected in December 2021 by armed forces units stationed in Wuhan as a deputy to the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly, concurrently serving as a municipal legislator. According to Announcement No. 42 of the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly Standing Committee issued on October 29, 2025, his deputy qualification automatically terminated following an out-of-city job transfer.

8. Dai Xiaojing (戴晓婧)

In March 2023, during a public community health activity, Zhu Junjie (朱俊杰) was officially identified as the Director of the Political Department (政治部主任) of the General Hospital of the PLA Central Theater Command (中部战区总医院), located in Wuhan. The event, which also featured Dai Xiaojing (戴晓婧)—Director of Nursing and External Affairs at the hospital and a PLA deputy to both the 14th and 15th Wuhan Municipal Assemblies—highlights the organizational structure of the General Hospital of the Central Theater Command, where senior political officials like Zhu Junjie oversee administrative and political work alongside military legislators operating within Wuhan's municipal governance framework.

9. Liu Shengcai (刘声才)

Liu Shengcai (刘声才) served as a staff officer in the Political Work Department (2019) and political commissar of the 1st Student Battalion (2023) at the College of Information and Communication, PLA National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) in Wuhan. Elected by the PLA Wuhan Garrison as a military deputy to the 15th Wuhan Municipal Assembly, his legislative qualification was officially terminated on October 15, 2024, following the acceptance of his resignation by the PLA NUDT Information and Communication College election committee.

10. Ren Pengyin (任鹏寅)

Ren Pengyin (任鹏寅) is a senior leader at the PLA Naval University of Engineering (NUE), headquartered in Wuhan. According to official educational release records, Ren served as Director of the General Office of NUE in January 2020. By September 2024, he had been promoted to Vice President of the PLA Naval University of Engineering, a position in which he continues to oversee institutional ceremonies and lead national defense education and military training joint initiatives with local Wuhan universities through late 2025.  

11.Wang Jian (汪建)

According to an official report by Hubei Daily in July 2022, Wang Jian (汪建) served as Director of the Political Work Department (政治工作处主任) at the PLA Air Force Early Warning Academy in Wuhan. During a joint political theory teaching seminar with Central China Normal University, Wang highlighted the academy's ongoing civil-military educational synergy and inter-institutional research collaboration. The academic gathering also featured guest contributions from key Wuhan-based military institutions, including Senior Professor Cheng Qin (程勤) from the PLA Rocket Force Command College and Associate Professor Li Jianghong (李江红) from the PLA NUDT College of Information and Communication.

Full Name (Name in Chinese): Wang Jian (汪建)

Title: Director of the Political Work Department (政治工作处主任)

Institution: PLA Air Force Early Warning Academy (中国人民解放军空军预警学院)

Base Location: Wuhan, Hubei Province (湖北省武汉市)

Associated Wuhan Military Academies:

PLA Rocket Force Command College (火箭军指挥学院)

PLA NUDT College of Information and Communication (国防科技大学信息通信学院)

12. Yuan Ye (袁野)

According to an official report by Changjiang Daily in February 2026, Yuan Ye (袁野) serves as Commander and Liu Yang(刘洋) serves as Political Commissar of the PLA Wuhan Garrison. During the municipal armed forces work conference, Sheng Yuechun—Standing Committee Member of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee, Secretary of the CCP Wuhan Municipal Committee, and First Secretary of the PLA Wuhan Garrison Party Committee—emphasized integrating high-tech municipal industrial clusters with national defense mobilization to merge new productive forces with military combat capabilities under the 15th Five-Year Plan.

13. Chen Xiaolong (陈晓龙)

According to an official report by the Wuhan Sports University in September 2023, Chen Xiaolong (陈晓龙) served as Deputy Political Commissar and Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of PLA Unit 75310. PLA Unit 75310, stationed in Wuhan, Hubei Province, represents a core combat support formation under the PLA Central Theater Command Army (identified in open sources as the 32nd Pontoon Bridge Brigade). In his dual political and disciplinary capacity, Chen led 35 military instructors from Unit 75310 to oversee and conduct student military training initiatives at local higher education institutions in Wuhan.